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Prunebutt @slrpnk.net

2w ago

Found in wool socks what is this insect

Doensn't look like he moth larvae pictures I found online. Looks a bit similar to the larvae of a Dermestidae. But still not sure.

Sorry for the low quality picture. It's hard to make macro images.

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Probably carpet beetle larvae
- I second this.
  Wikipedia – Anthrenus scrophulariae
- That's most likely it. Thanks a bunch!
That's a sheep larva. Nurture it and you will soon have unlimited access to wool.
2 spotted carpet beetle. (Also known as fur beetle).
I would also put my money on beetle larvae, because of the segmented body and the apparently well developed insect like legs. Moths, butterflies and flies don't have legs like these during their larval stage. Now what type of beetle I've no idea, your dermestid guess is as good as mine.
My uneducated guess: A cloth moth larva. Just checked what they look like and it’s definitely close.
- As @RobotToaster@mander.xyz has said, it looks more like a carpet beetle larva, the clothes moth's larva ~~isn't hairy and~~ is uniformly whiteish and not hairy.
  Wikipedia.org – Tineola bisselliella

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